Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Italy instead of Israel, you would:
Health
be 23.8% less likely to be obese
In Israel, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Italy, that number is 19.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Italy, that number is 9.9% as of 2019.
Life
be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Italy, 2.0 women do as of 2017.
be 11.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Italy, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.
have 60.1% fewer children
In Israel, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Italy, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 22.2% less likely to have internet access
In Israel, approximately 90.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Italy, about 70.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 30.6% less on education
Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Italy spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 16.0% more on healthcare
Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Italy, that number is 8.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 27.8 times more coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Italy: At a glance
How big is Italy compared to Israel? See an in-depth size comparison.